Background

Mercedes Salisachs was born on September 18, 1916, in Barcelona, Spain. She was the daughter of Pedro Salisachs Jané and Sofía Roviralta Astul.

Education

Mercedes Salisachs attended the School of Commerce in Barcelona.

Career

Throughout Mercedes Salisachs' literary career, she has written about such issues as adultery, homosexuality, alcoholism, and drug addiction, but always with a keen eye focused on the style, structure, and content of her work. Her book, La mujer llega al pueblo, centers around the love triangle of Eulalia, Joanet, and José Mendía. Such an "arrangement" results in nothing but tragedy when suppositions of the paternity of Eulalia's unborn child combine with suppressed emotions to lead Joanet to murder. Mercedes Salisachs' novel, Adagio confidential, concerns the reunion of a couple after a twenty-year separation, while Derribos is a memoir of the author's childhood. In the book, Los volumen de la ausencia, says the story of a middle-aged woman who has just told that she has a terminal disease. Another book, La sinfonia de las moscas, is the tragic story of a family living in Barcelona during the middle part of the twentieth century. Salisachs' Los clamores del silencio touches upon the incredible grief she experienced after the death of her son Miguel in 1958.

Achievements

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  Mercedes Salisachs was one of Spain's most successful contemporary authors. Her works were translated into English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, and Finnish. Also, Salisachs was a holder of several awards, including Premio Ciudad de Barcelona in 1956, Premio Planeta in 1975, Premio Ateneo de Sevilla in 1983, Premio Fernando Lara in 2004, and a Premio de Novela Histórica Alfonso X El Sabio in 2009.

Works

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  • Primera Manana, Ultima Manana 1955
  • Carretera intermedia 1956
  • Una mujer llega al pueblo 1956
  • Más allá de los raíles 1957
  • Vendimia interrumpida 1960
  • La estación de las hojas amarillas 1963
  • El declive y la cuesta 1966
  • Adagio confidencial 1973
  • La gangrena 1975
  • Viaje a Sodoma 1977
  • La presencia 1979
  • La sinfonía de las moscas 1982
  • El Volumen De La Ausencia 1983
  • La danza de los salmones 1985
  • Bacteria mutante 1996
  • El Secreto de Las Flores 1997
  • La voz del árbol 1998
  • Los Clamores del Silencio 2000
  • La Conversacion 2002
  • Desde la Dimensión Intermedia 2003
  • El último laberinto 2004
  • Reflejos de luna 2005
  • Entre la sombra y la luz 2007
  • Goodbye, España 2009
  • El cuadro 2011
  • El caudal de las noches vacías 2013
  • El proyecto y otros relatos 1978
  • La decoración 1969
  • Derribos 1981
  • La palabra escrita 2003

Interests

• Interior decorating, travel

Connections

Mercedes Salisachs married José María Juncadella Burés in 1935. They had five children, José María, Miguel, Mercedes, Guiomar, and Javier.​

Father:

Pedro Salisachs Jané

Mother:

Sofía Roviralta Astul

Son:

Miguel Juncadella Salisachs

Son:

José María Juncadella Salisachs

husband:

José María Juncadella Burés

Daughter:

Mercedes Juncadella Salisachs

Daughter:

Guiomar Juncadella Salisachs

Son:

Javier Juncadella Salisachs